OX8 7AL

Witney South · West Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX28 4AL 1 m
OX28 4AR 73 m
OX28 4DQ 88 m
OX28 4AN 91 m
OX28 4AJ 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX8 7AL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2001
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX8
Postcode sector
OX8 7
Latitude
51.780186
Longitude
-1.490269
British National Grid easting
435,261
British National Grid northing
209,180

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Oxfordshire · E07000181
Parish or community
E04008335
Westminster constituency
Witney · E14001591
Output area
E00146772
Lower layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010E · E01028818
Middle layer super output area
West Oxfordshire 010 · E02006002

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. The Henry Box School

    Academy converter

    228 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Infant School

    Academy converter

    463 m
  3. Queen Emma's Primary School

    Academy converter

    482 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,658
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 676
  • Shoplifting 210
  • Anti social behaviour 200
  • Public order 158
  • Criminal damage and arson 143

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • NUFFIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JQ

    ODS code K84072

    737 m

  • WINDRUSH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELCH WAY, WITNEY, OX28 6JS

    ODS code K84017

    823 m

  • COGGES SURGERY

    12 COGGES HILL ROAD, WITNEY, OX28 3FS

    ODS code K84618

    1.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Fernleigh

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Premier Inn

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Premier Inn

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Henry Box School

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles
  • Ducklington Lane

    BCT · Witney

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Oxfordshire 010E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,415 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Henry Box School is the nearest published school at 228 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,658 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 676 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.